St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-03-05

Flushing Things atthe Last REOmen:
~ ie Deficiency Bill Fails.


WASHINGTON, March 4.-The confer
ence report on the postofiice appropriation
bill, the senate receding from the section
FOR mail steamer service to South America,
was agreed to. The deficiency bill being
taken up ali, item was inserted to pay the
ChoctaW Indians -. Sos, coo, the amount of
Judgment Of the supreme court at the
October term. Finally at Sis O'Clock the
Dill was passed, and Il message 10 that erect
was sent to the house. Mr.. Allison pre-
sented the conference report on the legiSa-
tive, executive and judicial bill. all agree
ment being reached ON all points except as
to clerks to senators. He moved that the
senate insist. SO ordered. The hot:se bill
authorizing the construction of a bridge
across part of the Mississippi river at Wi
mona, Mimi, was passed. Other house
bills authorizing the construction OF
RAILROAD BRIDGES
were also passed as follows: Across the
Mississippi river at Fort Madison. or Keo-
kuk, Ia: across the Missouri river at
Pierre. Oak; across the Missouri river
near Yankton, Oak. Other house bills
OF minor importance were then taken from
the calendar and passed. The senate then
at a. M, went into secret session. The
doors were reopened at 10 a. m, the senate
having in the meanwhile taken two hours
recess. The first bushes done was the pre-
sentation of the conference report OH the
District of Columbia appropriation bill
The report was agreed to. The next bust
ness was the presentation by Mr.. Dawes of
the conference report OH the fertilization
bill. 1t was that the conference had not
been able to agree. The conference report
I.,,1
other business be rushed through. The
following bills were passed: Senate bill APP
propriating $50 ZOO for the expenses of the
senate investigations ordered this session;
house bill for the loan of government arti-
cles to the industrial exposition at Mime
apoliS.
CLOSING SCENES.
The presiding officer announced the ap-
pointment of Senators COckrell, Harris,
Jones, of Arkansas; Plat and Cullom as the
committee on investigation in the executive
department, Senators Dolph and COckrell
to attend the annual examinations at the
military academy, and Senators Dawes and
Grey on the board of examiners at the naval
academy. The presiding officer signed at
11:45 the enrolled District of Columbia ap-
preparation bill, and then it was rushed
to the president for his signature Mr.
Hale announced that the conference COM
mittee on the deficiency bill had agreed on
a report, but as the amendments were very
numerous and had not been printed or
numbered. the committee was not able TO
present its report. He hoped to be able to
do so within the next seventeen minutes.
A RESOLUTION OF THANKS
to the presiding officer tor his ability. eOur-
tesy and impartiality was offered by Mr..
Harris and unanimously adopted. Bills
were passed for public buildings at Pater-
son, n. j., and Jacksonville. Fla. Mr..
Dawes pleaded business engagements as a
reason why he could not attend the annual
examination at Annapolis. and Mr.. Aldrich
was appointed in his place. At this point
of time (really about noon, but the hands of
the clock dial fingered mysteriously about
the quarter befOre) there was a subsistence
of business and general lull in the senate
chamber, it being understood that the pres
ident of the United States was on his way
to the capitol. One of his secretaries, Mr..
o. l.. Pruden. appeared at the door and an
nounced that the president had approved
and signed several bills. The president
himself had about that time reached his
room in the capitol. Senator Sherman,
with Senator Saulbsury reported that the
committee to wait upon the president and
inquire if he had any further communica-
ton to make to congress had performed
that duty, and had been assured by the
president that he had no further communi-
cation to make. The presiding officer then
announced that the constitutional period of
the Forty-ninth congress having been COM
pleted, the senate stood adjourned without
day. The dial of the senate clock showed
it to lack five minutes of the hour of noon,
but the actual time was four minutes past.
MI Hale had not been able, within the
seventeen minutes to which he was limited,
to have prepared and to present the con-
ference report on the general deficiency APP
preparation bill, and consequently that bill
has failed to become law.